Improved dinner-fail



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Letters Patent No. 71,305, dated llovember 26, 1867.

IMPROVED DINNR-PAIL.

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. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID Howl-nvm, of Portland, in the countyr ofCumberland, and State of Maine, have invented nnew and useful ImprovedDinner-Peil; and I hereby declare the following to be u. full, clear andexact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use myinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure lshows z1 vertice-l sectionof my invention when opened or expanded.

Figure 2, a. vertical section ofthe same 'when collapsed. 4

a shows the bail of the pail; b the receptacle for liquids; a the nozzleor neck thereof', and d the bail; 1 2 3 4 are the several concentricrings of which the bodyY of the pail is composed; e the overlapping lipsor shoulders thereon; f show wires or supports hinged or jointed at thebottoni of the pail at g.

Letters Patent'have previously been granted to me for a dinner-pail,composed of concentric rings, capable of being expanded or shut, andhaving a fixed compartment in the bottom thereof to contain liquids.Such itis not the purpose of this application to claim.

The position of' the fixed compartment at the bottom of the pail hasbeen found inconvenient, both because the other contents of the pail hadto be first removed, before the compartmentcould be emptied, and becausethe fixed position of said compartment at the bottom of 'the peil Vdidnot admit of its being readily filled or emptied. Moreover, the body ofthe pail, composed, as it was, of' several rings sliding one withinanother, could not be easily placed upon its bottom without contracting,assbown in iig. 2. It is the purpose of myinvention to remedy theseobjections. The receptacle b is placed in the upper ring 1 et' the bodyof the pail, overlapping the upper` edge thereof` by a shoulder or lip,thus forming, also, the cover to thc puil. This receptacle is alsoremovable, and can be taken out by means of its bail d. lhefood iscontained in the other part 0r body 0l` the peil. The two wiresf, asbefore specified, prevent the pail from collapsing whenresting upon itsbottom. This they accomplish by means ofthe two bent portions u passingthrough two small holes iu the ring 2 of the body of the pail, as shownin the drawing. When not in use for this purpose, they may be turneddown on the inside of the bottom, as shown in fig. 2.

What I claim :is my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isl 'lhe arrangement, in a dinner-poil made ns described, of' theremovable compartment at the top, and the adjusting-\viresf, as und forthe purposes set forth. l

DAVID HOWARTH. Witnesses:

W. H. CLIFFORD, HENRY C. HOUSTON.

